Identifier: rhymereason00carrrich (find matches)
Title: Rhyme? and reason?
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928 Holiday, Henry, 1839-1927
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Publisher: London : Macmillan and co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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; For, though they claim to be exemptFrom pride, they treat a PhantomAs something quite beneath contempt- —Just as no Turkey ever dreamtOf noticing a Bantam. 2 O FH ANT ASM A G0K1A. They seem too proud, said I, to go To houses such as mine.Pray, how did they contrive to knowSo quickly that the place was low,And that I kept bad wine ? Inspector Kobold came to you— The little Ghost began.Here I broke in—Inspector who?Inspecting Ghosts is something new ! Explain yourself my man ! His name is Kobold, said my guest: One of the Spectre order:You 11 very often see him dressedIn a yellow gown, a crimson vest,And a night-cap with a border. He tried the Brocken business first, But caught a sort of chill;So came to England to be nursed,And here it took the form of thirst,Which he complains of still.
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AND HERE IT TOOK THE FORM OF THIRST 2 2 PHANTASMA GORIA. Port-wine, he says, when rich and sound. Warms his old bones like nectar:And as the inns, where it is found,Are his especial hunting-ground,We call him the Inn-Spectre. I bore it—bore it like a man— This agonizing witticism !And nothing could be sweeter thanMy temper, till the Ghost began Some most provoking criticism. Cooks need not be indulged in waste ; Yet still you d better teach themDishes should have some sort of taste.Pray, why are all the cruets placed Where nobody can reach them ? That man of yours will never earn His living as a waiter !Is that queer thing supposed to burn ?(Its far too dismal a concern To call a Moderator). SCARMOGES. The duck was tender, but the peas Were very much too old :And just remember, if you please,The next time you have toasted cheese, Dont let them send it cold. Youd find the bread improved, I think, By getting better flour :And have you anything to drinkThat looks a little less like i

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